The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 15

Fu Youzheng V: I wasn’t hacked. It’s the new year, and I’m all alone with no one to play games with. Is it not okay to even invite netizens anymore?

The comments section was filled with “hahaha.”

To be honest, when the employees of Guangyu saw this post, they also thought her account had been hacked.

Ji Mingxiao’s team filled up quickly, and she even started a live stream out of boredom, naming it “Making some extra cash for the new year.”

She had bought the account on Taobao, it had all heroes and all skins. She had just changed her name, and it was now “CEO Fu Really Has No Money.”

“The account was bought. I’m so busy with work usually, who has time to play games.”

“It’s my first time playing, what’s wrong with it being my first time? You’re not going to let me be a natural talent?” Ji Mingxiao said, controlling her character without a hint of shame.

Although the game’s name was different from the one in her previous world, it was still essentially the same game.

Ji Mingxiao had already played a few rounds and was quite familiar with it.

Ji Mingxiao played for four hours before she logged out. A lot of people had given her gifts, and she made over ten thousand yuan in one night.

She suddenly had the urge to change careers.

At six o’clock, Ji Mingxiao went out to the supermarket.

Even if she was alone and a bit miserable, she still had to eat and buy what she needed.

There weren’t many people on the road. Most of the non-local population had already gone home, and most of the locals had gone back to their villages.

Ji Mingxiao bought a lot of things and decided not to leave the house for the next few days.

As she finished picking her items and was about to pay, Ji Mingxiao saw Xi Ruan.

She suddenly understood what “fate” meant.

The moment Xi Ruan saw Ji Mingxiao, she understood what “a destined disaster” meant.

The two looked at each other.

“Didn’t you say there were a lot of people?” Ji Mingxiao didn’t wait for Xi Ruan to speak and continued herself, “The supermarket is indeed quite crowded.”

“Hey, speaking of which, I was so disgusted by you, yet you still came over to talk to me. Don’t you feel bad?”

Ji Mingxiao blinked: “I do feel bad, but I know that if I didn’t come over and talk to you, I’d feel even worse.”

Xi Ruan was a little speechless: “At least you have that person around you. Although I know that… well, there’s a difference, but I’m still a bit bothered by this face.”

“So, putting this face aside, your impression of me is not bad. I can understand it that way, right?” Ji Mingxiao quietly pulled her hat down. “Then don’t see me as her. I can cover my face.”

Xi Ruan had never seen this kind of move in her life.

She didn’t know what to say anymore.

“Come to my place for the New Year. I’ll cook for you. I don’t want to be alone at a time like this.”

“Aren’t you afraid that person will suddenly come back?”

“She won’t.” Ji Mingxiao looked at the various flavors of instant noodles in Xi Ruan’s cart. “Eating instant noodles for the New Year is so pathetic.”

Xi Ruan looked at the things in Ji Mingxiao’s cart, then at her own, thought for three seconds, and then followed her.

“I didn’t expect you to know how to cook.” Xi Ruan was a little surprised. Although she didn’t know who was inside Fu Youzheng’s body, judging from her actions and demeanor, she didn’t seem to come from a poor background, yet she knew how to cook.

While Ji Mingxiao was in the kitchen, Xi Ruan stood at the doorway and watched, seeing from her movements that she must have cooked many times before.

“There was someone who wanted to eat my cooking, so I went and learned.”

“And then?”

“And then, she left without a word.”

Xi Ruan was silent for a few seconds: “Didn’t you cook for Zhuo Xi?”

“Why would I cook for garbage?” Ji Mingxiao looked back at Xi Ruan.

Xi Ruan smiled.

Ji Mingxiao made five dishes and a soup, all with great color, aroma, and taste.

Xi Ruan looked at them and found they all matched her tastes and habits. She looked at Ji Mingxiao again.

Then she remembered the name the other person had called out when they first met at the airport.

That was her real name.

She had only used her real name in two worlds. After something happened, she never used it again. Very few people knew it.

But she had called it out.

Xi Ruan took a sip of the soup, someone from her real world?

But she no longer remembered her real world.

“Why don’t you go back?” Ji Mingxiao asked Xi Ruan.

“I’m afraid of being exposed.” Although she was used to playing different roles, it was too tiring. How could it compare to the comfort of being alone?

“In that case, let’s have New Year’s Eve dinner together too?”

Xi Ruan thought for a while, looked at the delicious food on the table, and nodded: “Okay.”

Ji Mingxiao smiled with satisfaction. She felt that at this rate, there was still hope for her to win the beauty’s heart.

That night, Xi Ruan slept in the guest room. Ji Mingxiao gave her some new clothes. Their body types were similar, so they fit well.

As soon as Xi Ruan returned to her room, she locked the door.

This action made Ji Mingxiao feel a little speechless. She was curious about what kind of impression she had in Xi Ruan’s mind.

Ji Mingxiao got up early the next morning, but Xi Ruan was still asleep. Based on her understanding of Ruan Shaoxia, she probably wouldn’t get up before noon.

As expected, Xi Ruan slept until 12:30. When she came downstairs, her expression was blank and her steps were wobbly. She looked at Ji Mingxiao sitting on the sofa, was stunned for a moment, and then came to her senses. She yawned: “Have you eaten?”

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

“Why didn’t you call me?”

“I was afraid you’d hit me.”

Xi Ruan frowned: “Nonsense. How could a gentle person like me hit someone?”

“You can say that again after my arm swelling goes down.”

Xi Ruan snorted softly.

Ji Mingxiao heated up the dishes and brought them over.

“We need to put up the Spring Festival couplets this afternoon.”

“Oh.” Xi Ruan nodded, having no objection. After all, she was freeloading on meals here, so helping out was only right.

“Eat more.”

“Okay.” Xi Ruan had no intention of maintaining her figure. It was just a temporary identity anyway, and she hadn’t eaten such delicious home-cooked meals that suited her taste in a long time, as she usually just ordered takeout.

The three dishes and one soup were all finished by the two of them.

After eating, they sat on the sofa for a while and then began to put up the couplets.

“I think it should be a little more to the left.”

“Never mind, maybe a little to the right?”

“Alright, back to the left.”

Ji Mingxiao listened to Xi Ruan’s commands for a few minutes, her arm going numb. Finally, she slapped it on the door: “This is it.”

“It’s not precise at all.”

“You do it?” Ji Mingxiao handed the remaining couplets to Xi Ruan.

Xi Ruan quietly took a step back and shook her head. After that, she behaved much better.

There were many windows and many doors. It took two hours to finish. After they were done, both of Ji Mingxiao’s arms were completely spent.

“So, what help did you give?”

“I gave you spiritual encouragement.”

“Isn’t that torture?” Ji Mingxiao leaned against the sofa, giving Xi Ruan a questioning look.

“How can motivating you to work hard be called torture?” Xi Ruan also collapsed on the other side of the sofa, yawning. “I’m exhausted.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at her with a blank expression.

“I at least stood with you for two hours.”

Ji Mingxiao turned her head away. She didn’t know what Xi Ruan had experienced over the years, but her skin had gotten much thicker than before.

For the New Year’s Eve dinner, Xi Ruan was forcefully dragged into the kitchen by Ji Mingxiao to help out.

The two of them worked until eight o’clock to finish the dishes. To create a festive atmosphere, Xi Ruan had turned on the TV early to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

This was something they used to do often. The parents of both of them were very busy, and often couldn’t be with them for the New Year. When the Ruan family was empty, Ruan Shaoxia would come to the Ji family, and if the Ji family was empty, Ji Mingxiao would go to the Ruan family.

The location for the New Year often changed, but the two of them would always be together. However, for eighteen years, whenever her parents weren’t around, Ji Mingxiao would celebrate the New Year alone.

It was so nice, she had her again this year.

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan, her gaze softening even more.

The two of them stayed up late, playing landlord on their phones, and lost over a hundred thousand “Happy Beans.”

“I thought you were quite good.”

“I’ve always been good. I think it’s because of you, my teammate.” Ji Mingxiao said.

Xi Ruan snorted softly and said nothing.

“I didn’t even complain about you.”

“Oh.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan for a few moments: “Are you crying?”

“No!” Xi Ruan yawned. “I’m just a little sleepy.”

“Then go to sleep.”

“No, I want to stay up late.”

Ji Mingxiao couldn’t help but tap Xi Ruan’s head: “You’ll be asleep in less than an hour.”

“Nonsense.” Xi Ruan yawned while saying it.

Half an hour later, Xi Ruan fell asleep directly on the sofa.

Ji Mingxiao: As expected.

“Host, are you very familiar with her?”

“Yes.”

System A: “After entering the system, you are essentially reborn, Host. Being too nostalgic about the past is not good for you. She doesn’t remember you anymore.”

“Then I’ll just make her remember again.” Ji Mingxiao went to the room to get a blanket and covered Xi Ruan with it.

She had waited so long to finally meet this person again. How could she just let go?

System A sighed: “According to your world’s time, she entered the system five years ago. In these five years, she has been to forty-seven worlds, which for her, spanned eighty-nine years. This means, in her eyes, you are a person from eighty-nine years ago.”

“Five years ago?” Ji Mingxiao frowned. This meant that Ruan Shaoxia had died at the age of twenty. How did she die?

“Host?”

Ji Mingxiao came back to her senses and looked at Ruan Shaoxia: “Why is she still so childish after living for over a hundred years?”

System A: …

“Host, is that what you’re focusing on!” System A was so anxious. “You don’t feel the pain until the knife is on you.”

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